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From YouTube: Liberty Tree Park Ribbon Cutting
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Mayor Walsh joins Commissioner Cook to cut the ribbon on Liberty Tree Park in Chinatown.
A
A
This
has
been
a
partnership
among
many
city
departments,
we'll
get
into
that
very
soon,
but
we're
here
to
celebrate
something
very,
very
special
on
this
corner
of
Washington
and
Essex,
and
it
gives
me
a
great
honor
to
introduce
someone
who
really
made
this
a
priority
early
on
in
his
administration,
that
no
matter
how
complicated
this
site
was
to
to
build
on,
he
wanted
to
make
sure
that
we
returned
the
Liberty
Tree
to
Liberty
Plaza.
Ladies
and
gentlemen,
yeah
a
warm
welcome
on
a
cold
morning
to
the
mayor
of
Boston,
Martin,
J,
Walsh,.
B
Thank
you
very
much
Chris
and
now.
Let
me
just
I
want
to
thank
all
the
community
partners
and
everyone
who
played
part
in
this.
This
renovation
I
want
to
give
a
special
shout
out
to
Public
Works
bepd,
a
parks
department,
Worcester
Public,
Library
bus,
Police,
Department,
all
the
folks
that
were
part
of
this
incredible
revitalization
of
this
particular
squad.
This
is
a
truly
a
group
effort
and
I
want
to
thank
all
of
you
for
your
dedication.
Making
this
happen.
I
want
to
thank
the
neighborhood
as
well.
B
Liberty
Tree
Plaza
is
an
iconic
landmark
and
the
Chinatown
neighborhood,
the
Sons
of
Liberty
rally
here
in
1765.
The
original
Elm
Street
was
a
symbol
of
the
American
Revolution
and
a
call
for
freedom.
Today,
this
plaza
serves
as
a
reminder
of
what
we
can.
What
can
be
possible
when
people
come
together
in
particular
when
Bostonians
come
together,
the
city
has
made
several
renovations
to
the
site,
make
it
more
accessible
to
the
community.
We've
installed
moveable
chairs
and
tables.
B
If
you're
not
out
here
today,
because
it's
too
cold
and
will
happen
here
in
the
springtime
they
are
freshly
paved
and
and
landscape.
I
especially
want
to
thank
the
BPA
for
maintaining
this
Plaza,
and
they
will
invest
thirty
thousand
dollars
annually
to
keep
this
plaza
up.
If
you
remember
what
this
plaza
looked
like
before,
it
looks
like
this.
B
This
Plaza
will
continue
to
be
a
vibrant
place
where
visitors,
students
and
residents
to
be
able
to
come
and
enjoy
it's
good.
We're
gonna,
welcome
back
food
trucks
and
other
programming
here.
It's
also
going
to
join
the
exciting
renovation
across
the
street
of
the
new
Chinatown
public
library
branch,
which
I'm
excited
to
visit
in
a
little
while
this
is
an
exciting
day
for
Chinatown.
We're
excited
to
cut
the
ribbon
on
this
area
and
I
don't
want
to.
Thank
all
of
you
for
coming
out
today.
A
Thank
you
so
much.
The
mayor
already
mentioned
this,
but
this
is
a
partnership
between
multiple
city
departments.
This
is
actually
Boston,
Public,
Works
property
and
we
think
we're
joined
by
chief
Osgood.
So
chief,
thank
you
very
much
for
everything
you
do
and
now
here
representing
the
Boston,
Planning
and
Development
Agency
is
their
director
Brian
golden.
C
Thank
You,
commissioner,
and
thank
you
mayor,
Walsh,
it's
a
real
pleasure
for
us
to
be
here,
I'm
standing
here
in
the
shoes
as
of
the
landlord,
the
Boston,
Planning
and
Development
Agency
owns
this
magnificent
building
right,
alongside
the
plaza
and
we
spent
years
investing
in
this
property.
Turning
turning
it
over
to
productive
uses
for
people
throughout
the
city,
it
has
a
host
of
education
opportunities
for
populations
that
traditionally
have
not
found
it
easy
to
be
served
by
higher
ed
and
another
other
other
educational
needs.
C
So
we're
really
proud
of
what
this
building
has
has
become,
but
we're
in
essence
invention.
It's
also
home
to
the
chinatown
library
services.
This
neighborhood
for
the
better
part
of
50
years,
lacked
such
a
facility.
We're
really
proud
that
we
were
able
to
play
a
role
in
finding
a
home
for
that
all-important
function
for
the
neighborhood,
but
now
we
turn
our
attention
to
the
to
the
public
realm
and
we're
helping
to
reclaim
the
public
realm
for
it.
For
the
people
of
this
neighborhood
for
the
people
who
spend
significant
parts
of
their
lives
in
the
downtown.
C
This
is
an
inviting
place,
it'll
be
even
more
inviting
during
the
good
weather,
but
this
is
a
beautiful
spot.
We
thank
the
folks
at
Kensington
Development
to
develop
the
Kensington
residential
building.
Just
behind
us,
Kensington
Charlotte,
Louis,
Kona
Coast
element
from
the
development
team
are
here
to
celebrate
this.
That
project
threw
off
significant
revenue
to
provide
for
this
open
space.
I
also
want
to
shout
out
to
our
folks
at
the
Boston
Planning
and
Development
Agency,
who
played
a
really
significant
role
in
making
this
happen.
Jill
exec,
our
Landscape
Architect,
played
a
really
important
role.
C
There
Tresa
Polhemus
helped
cobble
together
the
city
agencies
to
make
sure
we
came
up
with
the
gap
funding
that
that
was
necessary
to
bring
this
to
completion,
dolores
de
Fazio
and
paul
osborne.
We
really
pulled
together
as
it's
not
just
an
agency
but
an
inter
department.
The
departmental
effort
to
make
this
thing
happening
again,
it's
all
about
serving
the
people
of
chinatown
in
Boston,
with
a
quality
structure
in
a
quality
public
realm.
So
thanks
so
much
we're
really
happy
to
be
celebrating
with
you
all
today.
A
So
this
is
an
incredibly
difficult
spot
to
design
and
we
had
an
amazing
design
team,
a
nice
round
of
applause
for
Crosby,
Schlesinger
and
small
Ridge
any
possible
utility
that
the
city
of
Boston
has
ever
buried
is
underneath
this
Plaza.
So
it's
a
very
exciting
place
to
build
and
we
have
an
extraordinary
contractor
who
had
great
sight.
Control
got
out
here.
Early
worked
with
the
community
I
want
a
big
shout
out
to
Metro
equipment
and
Corey
and
Anne
Sullivan
to
hear
from
Metro.
Thank
you
for
everything.
It
did
a
few
quick
thank-yous.
A
Of
course,
the
PPTA
there
were
been
mentioned:
jilsuk
Dolores,
Fazio,
Paul,
Osborn
from
Public
Works,
the
chief
engineer
par
Jenks,
a
bill
Egan's,
a
cosmos,
a
big
shout-out
to
the
street
lighting
folks,
Paul,
Kasich,
ax
and
John.
Yet
men
to
trynna
Trade,
building
management,
team,
Valerie,
Reed
D
from
the
MBTA
out
Ashley
Emerson
you're,
starting
to
understand
how
complicated
this
site
was
from
the
community
itself.
The
Bostonian
society
Emerson
College,
Freedom,
Trail,
Foundation,
Paul,
Revere
house,
Saint,
Francis
House,
the
urban
college
of
Boston
Asian
Community,
Development
Corporation,
the
Business
Improvement
District
local
residents.
A
This
is
just
an
amazing
Civic
accomplishment.
For
hundreds
of
years
there
hasn't
been
a
Liberty
Tree
here
where
they
actually
celebrate
the
roots
of
our
American
Revolution,
and
now
visitors
will
actually
come
to
actually
enjoy
that
space
here
from
Suffolk
University.
To
give
us
a
quick
color
because
I
know
it's
cold
is
Suffolk
percent.
Professor
Bob
Allison.
D
This
is
really
a
great
spot.
This
became
the
Liberty
Tree,
because
this
was
the
entry
into
Boston
from
Roxbury.
Everyone
coming
into
town
would
pass
by
the
elm
tree
here
that
was
in
festooned
with
signs
displays
hanged,
effigies
of
tax
collectors
other
folks
until
the
British
shut
it
down
in
November
of
I,
think
it
was
1775,
we'll
check
on
the
date
on
that.
In
50
years
later,
the
Marquis
de
Lafayette
came
to
the
Liberty
stump
that
Bostonians
preserved
and
said
American.
The
world
should
never
forget
what
happened
here.
D
D
A
In
Bob
already
mentioned,
but
another
round
of
applause
for
the
extraordinary
hard-working
Allison
Perlman
and
it
was
yeoman's
work
to
pull
all
these
different
agencies
together
and
I'm,
very,
very
grateful
that
you
helped
return
this
Elm
to
this
plaza.
So
at
this
time,
I
would
ask
the
elected
officials
and
other
civic
leaders
to
come
join
us,
so
we
can
cut
this
ribbon.
Mr.
mayor
everyone's
too
frozen
to
move
we'd
like
to
have
some
students
from
the
school
come
join
us
as
well.
I
know
we
have
some
folks
in
historic
preservation,
come
on
up.